Design and Creative Direction
IVAN HUNGA GARCIA
Curator
SOFIA TUDELA
Production and Assembly
SACO AZUL, HAUTE GARDENER,
SOFIA TUDELA E SARA VALDEZ
Tattoo Artist
CAROLINA ARDENTE
Visual Identity
DANIEL BERTINI
Video
FILIPA CASTRO GOMES
CAMPAIGN;
Photography
JACQUES DELACROIX
Make-up
INÊS MARQUES
Hairstylist
SARA VALDEZ
Models
CATARINA SILVEIRO E JAMES CONDE
Production
FILM ARCHIVE
IVAN HUNGA GARCIA
Curator
SOFIA TUDELA
Production and Assembly
SACO AZUL, HAUTE GARDENER,
SOFIA TUDELA E SARA VALDEZ
Tattoo Artist
CAROLINA ARDENTE
Visual Identity
DANIEL BERTINI
Video
FILIPA CASTRO GOMES
CAMPAIGN;
Photography
JACQUES DELACROIX
Make-up
INÊS MARQUES
Hairstylist
SARA VALDEZ
Models
CATARINA SILVEIRO E JAMES CONDE
Production
FILM ARCHIVE
F.A.U.X, 2025
Exhibition at Saco Azul, Maus Hábitos
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F.A.U.X. — Fetish Amulets Under X marks artist Ivan Hunga Garcia’s first solo exhibition outside the performative world of fashion, where they have been establishing a practice deeply rooted in material research, identity expression, and the deconstruction of boundaries between art, design, and the politics of the body. The exhibition features eleven life-sized objects that propose a narrative sequence interweaving themes such as voyeurism and BDSM.
At the heart of the project is Scoby (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast), a biological membrane produced through kombucha fermentation, which the artist cultivates themself and applies as an alternative to leather and other synthetic materials commonly used in fetish wear.
In this project, Garcia breaks away from traditional runway and gallery contexts, proposing a new exhibitionary lexicon where the audience’s body is called to take a stance—ethically, aesthetically, and physically—in relation to the objects. These do not merely represent intentions; they demand action. F.A.U.X. is, ultimately, a manifesto against aesthetic neutrality and the sterility of form. It is a call to experience—sensory, emotional, and psychic. A territory where art can be touched.
Preface
FATUMATA DJABULA
FATUMATA DJABULA
Curatorial Text and Languages of Silence
SOFIA TUDELA
Epilogue
PEDRO VASCONCELOS
Author's Note
IVAN GARCIA
Editorial Design
DANIEL BERTINI
SOFIA TUDELA
Epilogue
PEDRO VASCONCELOS
Author's Note
IVAN GARCIA
Editorial Design
DANIEL BERTINI